Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo
@drjuanhc.com
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at UNC
💊⚖️ Leading research in pharmacoepi & legal epi to improve prescribing policies for pain management and to ensure the safe use of psychotropic drugs
🏳️🌈He/Him (Views are my own)
💊⚖️ Leading research in pharmacoepi & legal epi to improve prescribing policies for pain management and to ensure the safe use of psychotropic drugs
🏳️🌈He/Him (Views are my own)
Paper accepted! I will never be a jaded academic who doesn’t celebrate each publication. A lot of work goes into them.
a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .
ALT: a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Paper accepted! I will never be a jaded academic who doesn’t celebrate each publication. A lot of work goes into them.
Proud mentor moment 🙌 My mentees are shining at #ISPEAnnual2025 with impactful presentations on pharmacoepidemiology and policy-relevant research. Grateful to witness their growth and contributions to the field! 🌟
August 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Proud mentor moment 🙌 My mentees are shining at #ISPEAnnual2025 with impactful presentations on pharmacoepidemiology and policy-relevant research. Grateful to witness their growth and contributions to the field! 🌟
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It was an incredible relief last night that this particular nightmare only lasted about five hours or 0.0189 Scaramuccis.
That said, if Russ Vought can insert a footnote somewhere else that kills NIH funding, he will attempt it again. Project 2025 demands it.
That said, if Russ Vought can insert a footnote somewhere else that kills NIH funding, he will attempt it again. Project 2025 demands it.
July 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It was an incredible relief last night that this particular nightmare only lasted about five hours or 0.0189 Scaramuccis.
That said, if Russ Vought can insert a footnote somewhere else that kills NIH funding, he will attempt it again. Project 2025 demands it.
That said, if Russ Vought can insert a footnote somewhere else that kills NIH funding, he will attempt it again. Project 2025 demands it.
This is exhausting. We need EVERYONE to speak up.
The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com.
The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.
Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.
Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This is exhausting. We need EVERYONE to speak up.
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This deeply personal piece in @theguardian.com by @alissaquart.bsky.social captures something many of us are feeling but haven’t been able to name: “citizenship insecurity”
I’m honored to have my story included.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m honored to have my story included.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I don’t identify with my country’s values anymore. Is this ‘citizenship insecurity’?
Since Trump’s crackdown on immigrants, global perceptions of America have plummeted. Citizens and non-citizens alike are rethinking whether we still want US passports
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This deeply personal piece in @theguardian.com by @alissaquart.bsky.social captures something many of us are feeling but haven’t been able to name: “citizenship insecurity”
I’m honored to have my story included.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m honored to have my story included.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This deeply personal piece in @theguardian.com by @alissaquart.bsky.social captures something many of us are feeling but haven’t been able to name: “citizenship insecurity”
I’m honored to have my story included.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m honored to have my story included.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I don’t identify with my country’s values anymore. Is this ‘citizenship insecurity’?
Since Trump’s crackdown on immigrants, global perceptions of America have plummeted. Citizens and non-citizens alike are rethinking whether we still want US passports
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This deeply personal piece in @theguardian.com by @alissaquart.bsky.social captures something many of us are feeling but haven’t been able to name: “citizenship insecurity”
I’m honored to have my story included.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m honored to have my story included.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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USASP is currently participating in virtual Hill visits to educate congressional staff about the importance of NIH funding for pain research.🎉
Want to help? Help us make your voices heard. Reach out to your representatives and share why pain research matters to you.
Learn more here ⬇
Want to help? Help us make your voices heard. Reach out to your representatives and share why pain research matters to you.
Learn more here ⬇
July 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
USASP is currently participating in virtual Hill visits to educate congressional staff about the importance of NIH funding for pain research.🎉
Want to help? Help us make your voices heard. Reach out to your representatives and share why pain research matters to you.
Learn more here ⬇
Want to help? Help us make your voices heard. Reach out to your representatives and share why pain research matters to you.
Learn more here ⬇
Paying for research but not indirect costs is like hiring a chef but refusing to pay for kitchen/electricity
Indirect costs, like lab safety & compliance, are the backbone of research that can save lives. The proposed #NIH 15% cap puts patient care at risk
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Indirect costs, like lab safety & compliance, are the backbone of research that can save lives. The proposed #NIH 15% cap puts patient care at risk
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Paying for research but not indirect costs is like hiring a chef but refusing to pay for kitchen/electricity
Indirect costs, like lab safety & compliance, are the backbone of research that can save lives. The proposed #NIH 15% cap puts patient care at risk
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Indirect costs, like lab safety & compliance, are the backbone of research that can save lives. The proposed #NIH 15% cap puts patient care at risk
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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Join us as we fact check Jay Bhattacharya live tomorrow!
Tomorrow (Tues, June 10) at 10AM ET, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya will be testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the NIH budget. 1/
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
June 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Join us as we fact check Jay Bhattacharya live tomorrow!
My #NIH K01 grant (dedicated to improving treatment for older adults with #TrigeminalNeuralgia) was terminated today due to new anti-DEI policies.
This isn’t about “buzzwords.” It’s about real patients losing out because science is under attack.
Regrouping and thinking about next steps…
This isn’t about “buzzwords.” It’s about real patients losing out because science is under attack.
Regrouping and thinking about next steps…
May 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
My #NIH K01 grant (dedicated to improving treatment for older adults with #TrigeminalNeuralgia) was terminated today due to new anti-DEI policies.
This isn’t about “buzzwords.” It’s about real patients losing out because science is under attack.
Regrouping and thinking about next steps…
This isn’t about “buzzwords.” It’s about real patients losing out because science is under attack.
Regrouping and thinking about next steps…
Maybe a hot take: I think some people who are quick to dismiss GenAI tools are lucky they don't struggle with ADHD or the kind of executive dysfunction that makes answering emails or drafting a form feel like climbing a mountain.
ChatGPT helps me find momentum when I’m stuck.
ChatGPT helps me find momentum when I’m stuck.
a cartoon cat is looking at a stack of paper
ALT: a cartoon cat is looking at a stack of paper
media.tenor.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Maybe a hot take: I think some people who are quick to dismiss GenAI tools are lucky they don't struggle with ADHD or the kind of executive dysfunction that makes answering emails or drafting a form feel like climbing a mountain.
ChatGPT helps me find momentum when I’m stuck.
ChatGPT helps me find momentum when I’m stuck.
Speaking at the #USASP2025 Advocacy Workshop this Friday! I’ll cover how researchers can influence pain policy through rulemaking, public comments, and agency engagement.
📢Your science belongs in policy rooms too!
@usasp.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social
#PainPolicy #Advocacy #SciComm
📢Your science belongs in policy rooms too!
@usasp.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social
#PainPolicy #Advocacy #SciComm
May 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Speaking at the #USASP2025 Advocacy Workshop this Friday! I’ll cover how researchers can influence pain policy through rulemaking, public comments, and agency engagement.
📢Your science belongs in policy rooms too!
@usasp.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social
#PainPolicy #Advocacy #SciComm
📢Your science belongs in policy rooms too!
@usasp.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social
#PainPolicy #Advocacy #SciComm
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Out today in @jama.com, me and @nathancortez.bsky.social examine how the drastic staffing cuts at FDA run counter to FDA's many statutory obligations and the bargains embodied in user fee provisions - and put public health, innovation, and all of us at risk.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The FDA’s Crisis Is Everyone’s Crisis
This Viewpoint discusses the Trump administration’s firings of thousands of US Food and Drug Administration employees and the ramifications of those actions on the agency’s congressionally given publi...
jamanetwork.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Out today in @jama.com, me and @nathancortez.bsky.social examine how the drastic staffing cuts at FDA run counter to FDA's many statutory obligations and the bargains embodied in user fee provisions - and put public health, innovation, and all of us at risk.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Wrapped up our last Intro to #LegalEpi class at @uncpublichealth.bsky.social today and feeling all kinds of grateful 🤍💙
Thanks to my students for the energy, the questions, and the hope you bring to this work. You give me faith in the future of #PublicHealth!
Thanks to my students for the energy, the questions, and the hope you bring to this work. You give me faith in the future of #PublicHealth!
April 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Wrapped up our last Intro to #LegalEpi class at @uncpublichealth.bsky.social today and feeling all kinds of grateful 🤍💙
Thanks to my students for the energy, the questions, and the hope you bring to this work. You give me faith in the future of #PublicHealth!
Thanks to my students for the energy, the questions, and the hope you bring to this work. You give me faith in the future of #PublicHealth!
Overall good life advice: document everything in writing.
April 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Overall good life advice: document everything in writing.
Honored to participate as member of the planning committee and moderator for @nationalacademies.org workshop on chronic pain management and disability determinations.
Using science to advocate for people with living with pain!
#advocacy #disability #pain
Using science to advocate for people with living with pain!
#advocacy #disability #pain
April 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Honored to participate as member of the planning committee and moderator for @nationalacademies.org workshop on chronic pain management and disability determinations.
Using science to advocate for people with living with pain!
#advocacy #disability #pain
Using science to advocate for people with living with pain!
#advocacy #disability #pain
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Reposted by Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo
Sharing my op-ed discussing the significant health implications of closing the NIH Office of Pain Policy and Planning.
⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.
🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.
🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
Trump is cutting research that helps Americans deal with severe pain | Opinion
This news should concern not only researchers and healthcare professionals but also every American and resident of North Carolina | Opinion
www.newsobserver.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Sharing my op-ed discussing the significant health implications of closing the NIH Office of Pain Policy and Planning.
⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.
🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.
🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
Sharing my op-ed discussing the significant health implications of closing the NIH Office of Pain Policy and Planning.
⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.
🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.
🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
Trump is cutting research that helps Americans deal with severe pain | Opinion
This news should concern not only researchers and healthcare professionals but also every American and resident of North Carolina | Opinion
www.newsobserver.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Sharing my op-ed discussing the significant health implications of closing the NIH Office of Pain Policy and Planning.
⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.
🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.
🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...
I hope you join us in the upcoming public workshop hosted by NASEM on the Treatment and Management of Chronic Pain and Implications for Disability Determinations
📅 April 17-18, 2025
🔗 Registration link: www.nationalacademies.org/event/43975_...
📅 April 17-18, 2025
🔗 Registration link: www.nationalacademies.org/event/43975_...
April 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I hope you join us in the upcoming public workshop hosted by NASEM on the Treatment and Management of Chronic Pain and Implications for Disability Determinations
📅 April 17-18, 2025
🔗 Registration link: www.nationalacademies.org/event/43975_...
📅 April 17-18, 2025
🔗 Registration link: www.nationalacademies.org/event/43975_...
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THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE in Pittsboro, N.C. Seat of a rural county — located about 20 to 40 minutes from Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Durham, where there are other rallies — with a town population of about 4,800.
I’ve been here for almost 30 years and never seen anything like this. #HandsOff
I’ve been here for almost 30 years and never seen anything like this. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE in Pittsboro, N.C. Seat of a rural county — located about 20 to 40 minutes from Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Durham, where there are other rallies — with a town population of about 4,800.
I’ve been here for almost 30 years and never seen anything like this. #HandsOff
I’ve been here for almost 30 years and never seen anything like this. #HandsOff
Weekly email from NIH listserv where they are supposed to announce funding opportunities…
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April 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Weekly email from NIH listserv where they are supposed to announce funding opportunities…
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An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
April 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
An important point getting overlooked:
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.
They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.
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BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.